Sewing-machine attachment.



PAT ENTED JUNE 9, 1903. 5. J. PAIN. L I

SEWING MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13' 1902.

N0 MODEL.

, tachment.

UNITED STATES Patented June 9, 1903 ELIZA JANE FAIN, OF WHITEWRIGHT, TEXAS.

SEWING-MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 730,446, dated June 9, 1903.

' Application filedJ'une 13,1902. Serial No. 111,532. (No model.)

To all whom, it nut/y concern.-

Be it known that I, ELIZA JANE FAIN.a citizen of the United States, residing at Whitewright, in the county of Grayson and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewing -"VIachine Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide an attachment for use in connection with any sewingmachine combining means for hemming, tucking, and braiding, the several parts being adjustable to admit of making hems any width and tucks any size and distance apart, the device being simple and comprising a minimum number of parts.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire aknowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference isto be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which--' V Figure 1 is a perspective view of the at Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the manner of using the attachment for tucking. I Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the manner of using the attachment for hem-ming. Fig. i is a transverse section of the attachment in front of the gage. is a perspective view of the gage.

The device comprises, essentially, five parts-the base-plate 1, gage 2, slide 3,braider- 4, and clamp-screw 5 for securing the slide and gage to the plate 1 in the required adjusted position.

space between the tucks being readily determined. One end of the plate is curved, as

shown at 6, and is provided with a curved Fig. 5'

The plate 1 is graduated to admit of the depth of tuck or hem orthe The gage-2 comprises a slotted stem 9 and the stop 10, which is arranged ata right angle to the stem 9 and comprises rightangularlydisposed wings, one of the wings resting on the plate 1 and the other wing projected at a right angle thereto and provided with a notch or cut-away portion 11 for the reception of the slide 3. The ends of the wing resting on the plate are bent so as to embrace the edges of the plate 1, as shown at 12, thereby holding the stop to the plate. The clampscrew 5 passes through the slot of the stem 9, so as to hold the gage in an adjusted position.

The slide 3 comprises a bar having a slot 13, through which the clamp-screw 5 passes,

so as to hold the slide in an adjusted posi-' tion. A hemmer 14, of ordinary constructi0n,is provided at one end of the slide 3, and a stop 15 is provided at the opposite end of the slide and constitutes a tuclespacer and {finger or projection 17, oifset from a member of the clamp, so as to provide a space between it and the slide, to which the braider is attached.

Fig. 2 shows the attachment adapted for tucking, the tuck being stitched having its edge in contact with the gage 2 and the tuck previously finished being in engagement with the stop15. A movement of the gage 2 upon the plate 1 determines the depth or width of the tuck, whereas anadjustment of theslide .3 determines the distance between the tucks,

whereby they may be spaced apart a greater or less distance,accordin g as required. When the attachment is used for h'emming, the slide is turned s6 as to bring the hemmer 14 in position to turn the edge of the goods. The depth or width of the hem is cont-rolled by the gage 2. The gage and slide are secured to the base-plate by the same clamp-screw 5 and are loosened or made fast byasingle device,thereby simplifying the construction and operation.

Having thus described the invention, what posite working ends,andaclan1p-screw passed is claimed as new is through the slots of the stem and slide for In a sewing-machine attachment, a plate, a securing the gage and slide to the plate in in- 1 5 gage applied to the plate and comprising a dependent relative adjusted positions, sub- 5 stem having a slot extended therein from one stantially as specified.

end, a stop at the opposite end of the stem In testimony whereof I affix my signature extended upward theefrom and (3211b awag in presence oftwo witnesses. intermediate of its en s at its to e e, an lateral extensions adjacent to tl iest op and ELIZA JANE FAIN' :o bent to embrace opposite edges of the plate, Witnesses:

a longitudinally-slotted slide fitted in the said HARRY MOELRATH, cut-away portion of the stop and having op- JOE MOGAUGHY. 

